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Strong Field (strong + field)
Selected AbstractsBig Consequences of Small Changes (Non-locality and non-linearity of Hartree-Fock equations)CONTRIBUTIONS TO PLASMA PHYSICS, Issue 7-8 2009M.Ya. Amusia Abstract It is demonstrated that non-locality and non-linearity of Hartree-Fock equations dramatically affect the properties of their solutions that essentially differ from solutions of Schrödinger equation with a local potential. Namely, it acquires extra zeroes, has different coordinate asymptotic, violates so-called gauge-invariance, has different scattering phases at zero energy, has in some cases several solutions with the same set of quantum numbers, usually equivalent expressions of current and Green's functions became non-equivalent. These features result in a number of consequences for probabilities of some physical processes, leading e. g. to extra width of atomic Giant resonances and enhance considerably the ionization probability of inner atomic electrons by a strong field (© 2009 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim) [source] A new dimension in combining data?ACTA ZOOLOGICA, Issue 1 2010The use of morphology, phylogenomic data in metazoan systematics Abstract Giribet, G. 2010. A new dimension in combining data? The use of morphology and phylogenomic data in metazoan systematics. ,Acta Zoologica (Stockholm) 91: 11,19 Animal phylogenies have been traditionally inferred by using the character state information derived from the observation of a diverse array of morphological and anatomical features, but the incorporation of molecular data into the toolkit of phylogenetic characters has shifted drastically the way researchers infer phylogenies. A main reason for this is the ease at which molecular data can be obtained, compared to, e.g., traditional histological and microscopical techniques. Researchers now routinely use genomic data for reconstructing relationships among animal phyla (using whole genomes or Expressed Sequence Tags) but the amount of morphological data available to study the same phylogenetic patterns has not grown accordingly. Given the disparity between the amounts of molecular and morphological data, some authors have questioned entire morphological programs. In this review I discuss issues related to the combinability of genomic and morphological data, the informativeness of each set of characters, and conclude with a discussion of how morphology could be made scalable by utilizing new techniques that allow for non-intrusive examination of large amounts of preserved museum specimens. Morphology should therefore remains a strong field in evolutionary and comparative biology, as it continues to provide information for inferring phylogenetic patterns, is an important complement for the patterns derived from the molecular data, and it is the common nexus that allows studying fossil taxa with large data sets of molecular data. [source] Studies of electric field induced structural and electron-density modifications by X-ray diffractionACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION A, Issue 5 2004Niels K. Hansen During the last two decades, a number of X-ray diffraction studies on the response of a crystal to an applied electric field have been carried out. In a few cases, the electron-density polarizations could be determined. The analysis of the induced variations of the structural properties on an atomic scale are of prime importance in order to acquire a better understanding of physical properties like the piezoelectric and dielectric properties of crystals. This article reviews the experimental technique used and the modelling methods of the Bragg scattering variations induced by the field. Some noteworthy results are presented that illustrate the possibility of detecting subtle structural changes, for example as small as 0.1° in bond angles arising from applying a strong field, 10,40,kV,cm,1, as well as the pitfalls of such an approach for clarifying the relevance of the structural properties in physical mechanisms. [source] Spontaneous bremsstrahlung effect in the nonrelativistic electron scattering by a nucleus in the field of pulsed light waveLASER PHYSICS LETTERS, Issue 6 2009A.A. Lebed' Abstract The theory of nonresonant spontaneous bremsstrahlung by a nonrelativistic electron scattered by a nucleus in the field of a pulsed light wave is developed. The electron interaction with a Coulomb potential of a nucleus is considered in the first order of perturbation theory (the Born approximation), and the interaction with an external pulsed field is taken into account accurately. The approximation is examined when the pulsewidth is considerably greater than the characteristic time of wave oscillations. For the range of moderately strong fields the analytic expression for the nonresonant differential cross-section was obtained, which has the form of a sum over partial differential crosssections. It is shown, that in the case of nonrelativistic electron energy the partial cross-section is not factorable on the crosssection of electron-nucleus spontaneous bremsstrahlung in the absence of the external field and the emission-absorption probability of a certain number of wave photons. It is concluded, that the total cross-section of spontaneous bremsstrahlung of an electron scattered by a nucleus in the field of pulsed light wave summing over all possible partial processes differs essentially from the cross-section of electron-nucleus spontaneous bremsstrahlung in the absence of the external field. (© 2009 by Astro Ltd., Published exclusively by WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA) [source] Transverse Stark effect of electrons in a semiconducting quantum wirePHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI (B) BASIC SOLID STATE PHYSICS, Issue 3 2003G. J. Vázquez Abstract We investigate the effect of an electric field applied tranversely to the axis of cylindrical symmetry of a cylindrical quantum wire on the ground-state energy of the electrons in the wire using an infinite confining potential well model. For low electric fields, we find a quadratic shift of the energy levels with the electric field; while for strong fields, the Stark shift of the ground-state energy increases almost linearly with the electric field. This increase is greater for wide wires, but for narrow wires, the Stark shift of the ground-state energy does not change much with the electric field. Also, at higher electric fields, the Stark shift of the ground-state energy increases with increasing wire radius. This will lead to the decrease of the effective bandgap of a semiconducting quantum wire with electric field. (© 2003 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim) [source] Spherical quantum dot under an electric fieldPHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI (C) - CURRENT TOPICS IN SOLID STATE PHYSICS, Issue S1 2004Gerardo J. Vázquez Abstract We investigate the effect of an electric field applied to a spherical quantum dot on the energy groundstate of carriers in the quantum dot using an infinite confining potential well model. We perform a simple variational calculation for low electric fields and we find a quadratic shift of the energy levels with the electric field while for strong fields, the Stark shift of the energy groundstate increases almost linearly with the electric field. There is a transition for quasi-one dimensional to three-dimensional behavior when the dot radius is large. The comparison of our results with previous exact calculations is very good. (© 2004 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim) [source] | ||||||||||